Cravat-holder.



J. M.- BEEOHER, JR. GEAVAT HOLDER APPLICATION FILED APRL25, 1913. L@@%8@4 Patented Feb. 17, 1914.

JULIUS M. BEECHER, JR., F BELLEVILLE, KANSA' GR-AVAT-HOLDER.

To all whom it may concern 1 Be it known that I, JeLIus M. Bnncnun, J r., a citizen of the United States, residing at Belleville, in the county of Republic and State of Kansas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cravat-Holders, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cravat holders; and it has for its primary object the provision of means for maintaining the shape of the cravat and for holding the same in the desired position relatively of the shirt and collar of the wearer.

A further ob ect of the invention is the pl'OVlSlOIl of a securing member which may be adjusted through the neck-band of a shirt and through the button holes of the collar holding the former and the latter in proper closed posftion.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a cravat holder which will embody a guard to hold the ends of the collar against relative separation before the cravat is in its final ad usted position and one which Wlll include means for insuring a snug fit against the neck-band and bosom.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of companion elements of a cravat holder which will have relative interlocking engagement whereby to hold the elements against casual derangement.

lVith these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In. the accompanying drawings: Figure l is a perspective View ofa cravat, showing the application of one element of the holder thereto; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the other element of the holder; Fig. 3 is a vertical section through the neck-band of a shirt, showing the application of the securing element thereto and illustrating the projection of the shank of the element through the button holes in the ends of the collar; Fig. 4 is a section similar to Fig. 3, showing the parts on an enlarged'scale and illustrating the manner of connecting the cravat; Fig. 5 is a section similar to Fig. 4:, showing a slightly modified form of the invention; and Fig. (3 is a similar view, showing a further modified. form of the invention.

The holder while being designed for use in connection with ties or cravats of any well known form is lllustrated herein as Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 17, 1914.

Application filed April 25, 1913. Serial No. 763,597.

applied to bow-ties, such'as the one shown at 8, At the back of the tie and immediately at the center thereof is the element 1 of the holder which is shown to consist of a plate 2 of metal, celluloid, hard-rubber or i any other suit-able well known material havmg slight resiliency preferably for a purpose to be hereinafter explained. The plate is provided atsuitable intervals with openings 3 by meansof which it may be sewed to the tie, however, I wish it to be understood that in lieu of such method of connecting the plate to the tie any suitable equivalent or obvious form of fastener may be employed. The plate has stamped therefrom a V-socket 4 having a. relatively resilient wall 5 spaced from the main body portion of the plate and provided with h resilient head or boss 6 which extends-into.

the fastener in the socketso as to intersect the same and. to expose the boss for "op ras" tive interlocking association with thecompanion securing element or member 7 of the holder. The element 7 is also constructed preferably from a single piece of metal or equivalent material having slight elasticity, and as illustrated the member is folded on itself in its main length to provide an upper head portion 8 and a lower base or head portion 9, the latter being curved forwardly in the direction of its free end so as to be brought into effective engagementwith the bosom of the shirt, causing slight pressure to be exerted thereagainst and consequently insure a snug fit of the collar and tie against the neck-band.

From the upper portion 8 the fold 10 in the member is extended downwardly and then outwardly, as at 11, to provide a shank which is adapted to be extended through the button-holes in the neck-band and through the button-holes in the collar. -At the forward end the shank is provided with a depending V-head 12 having an opening 13 therein for the reception of the boss 6 in the socket of the member 1.- The shank 11 is of a forwardly restricted width so that guard shoulders 14 are formed at the juncture of the shank with the head 12, thesaid shoulders being adapted for confinement against surfaces of the collar at points adjacent to the luitton-holes whereby to hold the collar ends against casual derangen'icnt, as will be understood. The plate 2 of the member 1 is relatively broad and while it is described as being slightly elastic it has 'eii'chlbo'dy fir-rigidity as will contribute adl dition of thetie Q In applyingithe'devicethe headlportions' Slandfi of the seeming member tire first in "s erted' through the button-holee the neck- .pri-ncl'ple' er sacrificing any of the itch/tui- .band. The fcollar is then applied tothe Qshirt-band at the back in the usual manner 1 "and theends'of'the, coll arta-re brought for- Joamrdly' and "the' buttonjholes thereof are inade ioereceivethe shank 11 so as to cause i he head l2'of the shank to lie forwardly iroin the cellar ends. v The head 12 is then I arranged with its restricted portiqn dew nw wardly whereby i may be guided" into the sockets 5 fthe nielnber'l'of the tie and aidjnetedsti zi's te permit the boss 6 to he properlv-projctecl into the receiving passage 13.

desiredtheiarrangement ofthe' boss '6' and theppening 12 may be reversedas shown That'is to say, the plate-2,;Inay

in r hetethe Wt tl l :jyof-the socket providedwith :in epening 1'5 forthe reception of a boss 16 formed on t h V-head l7 .ef the seeuriI g member of theidevice.

1, In" the inodifiecl forn ef the intention sluiwn in Fig. Mthe element '1 of the holder" is prbvided with 'a t-1m portion 18 andthe member is stamped to form spaced guiding SORsnrfaeys l9"and 20, the former'havi-ng an opening 21 therein for the ptirpos'e of re ceix' i ng the hiss efthe device.

Frem' the. foregoing desc1'1pt10n; taken 1n cennection W th the. ac'eompa 'nying dra'W- .niirablytoward maintaining a proper eonbn the eompanionelements i invention will be readily unditrs tood vithbut requiring a more extended e planation.

be: resorted to withbilt depeirting from the .tages 'ofthis invention as claimed.

lcla-imi ez 'A device. of the character described com ind'e'onstnictedfrom Ja single piece of fiat -'xnate1"ial fielded "onitself'ie prex'ide an inheadyisaid" outer headfcdrresponding snb-. sitantially with the inner frinition of the socket and insertiblefltherein; means for holding the inner head-within the; socket,

- i .n'presence bf two witn esses. r

, ings, the construction end epertttien; the

'various changeshiti the 0 in, proportionand the minor details, of construction may *Heving thus described my invention, what ,e Y Z at the juncture lief the Shank ith theoutejr. i 5

and a base-portion formed at the lower endv testimony whereof I: afiix my signature;

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